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It's the same reason BASIC used to be burned into the system ROMs of old 8-bits instead of making you load it off of a disk. Turn your question around, why wou
by bane 12y ago
It's the same reason BASIC used to be burned into the system ROMs of old 8-bits instead of making you load it off of a disk.
Turn your question around, why would logging in and then starting Python be more educational than just booting directly into Python?
- qbrass 12y agoBecause you have access to a web browser/document viewer/ text editor. Because it takes longer to reboot than it does to restart a Python interpereter. Because you can learn more than Python with it.
- michaelmior 12y agoI don't think BASIC being loaded on old systems had anything to do with education and was really just a convenience factor. I think qbrass makes some valid points in the sibling comment.